Barack Obama has proclaimed to be a Christian since long before he took office as the president of the United States. He was baptized in 1988 and was a member of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago until 2008, when he withdrew after controversial comments by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright were exposed. At a sit-down with Pastor Rick Warren later that year, Obama was asked what it means to be a Christian, and responded, “Well, as a starting point, it means I believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins, and that I am redeemed through him.”

But many continue to doubt Obama’s sincerity about his faith. A poll last year found 29 percent of Americans believe Obama is a Muslim, not a Christian.

One of those people is the New York state campaign co-chairman for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The New York Observer reported Thursday that Carl Paladino, a 2010 gubernatorial candidate, said of Obama, “In the mind of the average American, there is no doubt he is a Muslim.”

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“He is not a Christian,” Paladino elaborated. “Look at what he’s done with Iran, what he’s done with the Sunni-Shia thing over in Iraq and Iran, and with ISIS.”

This is not the first time he has speculated about the president’s religious beliefs. In a television interview during his 2010 campaign, Paladino said he didn’t believe Obama was a Christian “in his heart.” Instead, he said, Obama “worships himself.”

“I’m not saying he’s anything else, but I think Mr. Obama is about himself,” the millionaire Buffalo developer added. “I think any religious beliefs that he advocates are part of the theater to make himself look better to the American people.”

Paladino is not the only Trump surrogate to express skepticism about Obama’s faith.

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As Western Journal reported, actor Scott Baio, who spoke on Trump’s behalf at the Republican convention, said in June that Obama was either “dumb, a Muslim, or a Muslim sympathizer.”

A month later it was actor/model Antonio Sabato Jr. who questioned the president’s Christianity claims, declaring that Obama is “absolutely” a Muslim. “I don’t believe the guy is a Christian,” he said in an interview during the GOP convention. “I don’t believe he follows the God that I love and the Jesus I love. I think he has had an agenda from the beginning.”

Sabato added: “I know a lot of Christians. … I am one, and I don’t believe he is. … I believe he’s on the other side … the Middle East. He’s with the bad guys. … He’s with them. He’s not with us.”